A/N- All characters belong to J.K Rowling.

Previously- After Sirius left, Amy got changed into her pyjamas and tried to go to sleep. However she found her thoughts kept interrupting her sleep. Amy didn't know what was going on with her and Ainsley lately and she wanted it sorted soon because she was so tired of arguing all the time. Then she started worrying about how she was meant to teach these children at Hogwarts when she knew nothing about teaching. Plus how was she supposed help Sirius, she had smelt alcohol coming off him through the night and suspected he had taken to drinking to curb his inner demons. Lastly there was the odd sensation Amy had gotten not long after Sirius had left, where it felt like someone was watching her. It only lasted a few minutes and Amy couldn't see anyone but it was enough to scare her and keep her restless for the entire night.

Chapter 7- Werewolves of London

The next morning when Amy's alarm went off, she forced herself to get out of bed. The restless sleep from the night before had taken its toll on her, as the talking mirror in the bathroom so kindly informed her.

"You know dear, there are charms you can use to make yourself look more presentable," it said snobbishly.

"I know that, but at the moment I don't really care," Amy snapped at the mirror.

"No need to be rude," the mirror replied.

"Yeah well, I've had little sleep and I'm about to go for a run, so I'll be looking even worse than this when I get back," Amy said, as she marched out the door, quickly grabbing her iPod and heading to the kitchen to grab some fruit before her run.

When she arrived in the kitchen she saw Sirius and Remus already sitting there, looking like they were having an intense discussion.

"Sorry to interrupt you both, but do you mind if I just grab an apple? I want to have something before I go for my run," she asked hesitantly.

"Sure come in. Would you like us to cook you something instead?" Remus asked politely.

"No thanks, I'll grab some toast when I get back but an apple will be fine for now," Amy said, grabbing one from the fruit bowl and joining them at the table.

"How was your sleep last night?" Remus asked.

"A little bit restless," Amy admitted and then added, "You don't happen to have a ghost haunting here do you?"

Sirius shook his head no.

"That's weird. I had this feeling like something was watching me last night. It was only for about five minutes but it was a bit creepy."

"It was probably Kreacher, I'll have a word with him about it," Sirius said, but he was lying. He had felt that feeling many times before and knew it wasn't the elf, but there was no way he was telling Amy that. No one else knew about it, and he certainly wasn't going to be forthcoming with the fact that he thought there was a ghostly presence in the house. The house was bad enough on it's own without one of his relatives haunting it, they would probably try to harm everyone in it if they were able to. He just hoped that Amy wasn't reading his aura at that moment, since it wouldn't look good if he was found to be lying to her already.

"I forgot to warn you last night to be careful around this house as well. My family kept a lot of dark artefacts and even though we have gotten rid of most of them, there are still a lot that we haven't found. It is probably best if you are not sure if a room is safe, to come and get Molly or I and we will check it," Sirius said, just as Carissa come in.

"Hey everyone," Carissa said, as she sat down next to Amy.

"Hey yourself, what happened with you and Kingsley last night?" Amy asked straight away, wanting to get the gossip from her best friend.

"Nothing happened," Carissa said, not looking at Amy.

"You're lying, tell me!" Amy demanded.

"Nothing."

"Fine then, do you know what happened Sirius?" Amy asked, changing her tactic.

"Well my dear Amy, they got along so fabulously, that they disappeared for about 10 minutes before Kingsley went home. They thought no one noticed them sneaking out," Sirius informed her.

Amy grinned at Carissa "You snogged him, didn't you?"

"We didn't snog on purpose, it just sort of happened. It doesn't mean anything anyway, it was only a kiss." Carissa muttered, while leaning her head down on the table.

"Bullshit, it was more than that. You don't just go and kiss people like that, otherwise I would be snogging these two here," Amy said, pointing to Remus and Sirius.

"Who is snogging who?" said another voice entering the kitchen.

"Ah Tonks my dear cousin, I guess you are planning to join us for breakfast then?" Sirius questioned the pink haired girl.

"Yes thanks, I thought I'd drop by here before I went to work. Now who is snogging who?" Tonks asked again, as she sat down at the table.

"It appears that Kingsley has been snogging the lovely Carissa here. Got to give that man credit, only a few hours in and he already has the ladies throwing themselves at him," Sirius answered.

"I'm a lady and I'm not throwing myself at him and I'm pretty sure Tonks isn't either. It's different with Carissa and Kingsley, there is way more to the story then him just trying to get into her pants," Amy pointed out.

" Never fear Amy. Kingsley may not be off limits now, but you still have the pleasure of indulging in my rugged good looks and charming personality. You can always throw yourself at me instead," Sirius teased Amy, grinning madly and winking at her.

"Get over yourself Muttley. I'm more of a cat person then a dog person anyway," Amy retorted, and the whole table burst out laughing. Sirius just shook his head in disgust at Amy liking cats over dogs.

"I might head off as soon as I've finished eating this, before Muttley gets it in his head that I can't keep my clothes on around him," Amy said, rolling her eyes.

"Actually would you mind if I talked to you about something for a few minutes before you go? It can't wait, since it may make you change your mind about staying here," Remus asked, looking worried.

Amy swore she heard Sirius growl even though he was in human form,

"Sure, what it is?"

"What do you know about werewolves?" Remus asked.

"Umm people write awesome songs about them?" Carissa stated, while lifting her head up off the table and sitting up straight in her chair,"Especially that Werewolves of London song."

"Ahhh woooo, Werewolves of London. Ahhh woooo!" Amy sang, "Great now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all day, thanks Carissa."

"Actually Amy should know more than me, don't you Amy?" Carissa said, getting Amy to stop singing.

"What I know is mostly from a medical perspective. It is a disease known as lycanthropy and most people with it are generally treated unfairly,because everyone confuses facts with fiction. A infected person is no more dangerous then you or I on a normal day, however when it is a full moon they have to transform. They can't control themselves and while Wolfsbane helps relieve the symptoms, it does not cure the disease. Plus, it is also a fairly difficult potion to make. You could quite easily end up accidently poisoning someone, if you mess it up. As long as they take the potion correctly, someone with the disease can stay somewhere safe and sleep through the transformation," Amy informed them.

"What about people who are werewolves?" Remus asked again looking nervous.

"They are the same as everyone else. There are some dickheads like Fenrir Greyback who we know has deliberately infected others, but there are a lot of infected people who pose no danger to society, as long as they take care around transformation times. One of my first major cases was working with a 5 year old boy who was infected. I think Greyback infected him too but his mother and father fought him off, so he couldn't kidnap the boy. However his parents didn't realise that Greyback had already bitten the boy. When I told them he was definitely infected, his parents begged me to end his life. They even offered me money, to keep everything secret after he died. I refused to kill him and kept telling him that he would be alright. They eventually told me that they agreed with me and that they would take the boy home and place him in a secure environment around transformation times. I didn't know at the time that they were lying, I should have never trusted them. These were the same people who were going to pay me to kill their son and cover it up. A few days later I saw an obituary in the Prophet, the boy I had treated had supposedly fallen off a cliff and died. There was no investigation into it and when I went to the Ministry with my suspicions that the boys parents may of pushed him off deliberately, I was told even if the boys parents had murdered him, he was better off now anyway and they were not going to reopen the case. They got away with murdering their own son, it was absolutely disgraceful. How you could do that to any child is beyond me, let alone your own son. That boy would of been terrified in his last moments and all because his parents thought he was a monster," Amy explained, feeling a little teary remembering the little boy with the most gorgeous blue eyes she had ever seen.

"Why are you asking us this?" Carissa asked suddenly.

Remus sighed, "Because I have the disease as well. I don't stay here around full moon times, because I won't take any chances around other people. I understand if you don't want to be near me though and I will even move back to my own house while you are here, if I make you feel uncomfortable."

"Don't be ridiculous, I'm sure if you were dangerous Molly wouldn't let her kids here with you. I don't care about it and I'm sure Carissa doesn't either as long as you are taking all the precautions, it is perfectly fine with us. I should of guessed with a name like Remus though," replied Amy.

"Explain Amy, again it is too early in the morning for me to be thinking properly," Carissa mumbled.

"There is a legend around that tells the tale of twin brothers Remus and Romulus who were raised partly by a wolf. Although Remus doesn't fair so well by the end of the tale. You don't have any twin brothers do you? It could get you killed," Amy answered.

Remus shook his head no. "All clear on the brother front, which is probably a good thing. At least only my parents had to live with me and I wasn't a danger to anyone else in my family."

Tonks patted Remus on the back, "You believe all the lies and rumours about werewolves too much Remus. When you lay the facts out straight, you are a perfectly normal, deserving human being. You are a kind, intelligent man who deserves to be treated as one, I just wish you would bloody listen me."

"Listen to my cousin Remus. Anyone with half a brain in them, can tell that you are a bloody good man. Werewolf or not," Sirius added, but Remus didn't reply.

"Look, I'm sorry to end this conversation so abruptly but I've got to go. Don't worry about the werewolf thing Remus, we really don't care about it. I'll see you all when I get back." Amy disappeared out the door.

Tonks wanted to get off the werewolf subject, since she knew how much it bothered Remus, so she decided to ask Carissa some questions.

"Carissa, I didn't know that you and Kingsley were so close?"

"We dated for a while after we left Hogwarts,but my parents weren't exactly happy about it," Carissa answered.

"Why not?" Tonks asked.

"Both of my parents didn't like the colour of his skin. It wasn't just them either, Kingsley had people coming up to him saying he shouldn't be with me and vice versa. We both loved each other but it was too hard maintaining a relationship. We couldn't visit our families for any get together, because there was always someone trying to cause trouble. Amy helped out where she could, by covering for us sneaking around but it wasn't fair on her. She already felt guilty enough that she was staying at my parent's place, let alone lying to them when they took her in after her Dad died. Kingsley and I started fighting more because of the pressure and decided we would better off just as friends. We have stayed in contact over the years through letters though and have always felt a deeper connection with each other. I was heartbroken when we split up and even though both of us have seen other people since, I could never love anyone else. My heart always belonged to him and always will."

"What's changed now?" Remus asked

"We are both older and somewhat wiser. Both of us are able to handle the pressure better. We came to the conclusion last night, that because Kingsley has such a dangerous job and how any day he may not make it back here alive, maybe this is the chance we need to give it a second go. Maybe we can have some happiness, even if it is only for a while," Carissa answered.

"Oh that's so sweet, I wish I had someone like that," Tonks said, glancing at Remus.

"So you don't have a boyfriend then?" Carissa said, shifting the spotlight away from herself.

"No, it is just so hard to trust people now. Plus,when I've been on dates before I've had men ask me to change my looks to suit their desires. I want someone who likes me for the clumsy idiot that I am, not some bimbo they fancy from a magazine," Tonks stated.

"What about Sturgis? He is single and a nice guy. Plus he is part of the Order so you know you can trust him. Or is he already your mystery crush, the one I overhead you and Molly talking about last week? The interesting older man," Sirius asked.

"It's not Sturgis and as if I'd tell you, you wouldn't stop the taunting. Anyway this guy is so caught up in his own misery, that he doesn't think that he deserves happiness." Tonks snapped, while Remus was looking extremely uncomfortable with the situation and thanked Merlin when Molly walked in.

"Hello everyone, you are all up early. Amy isn't with you?" she asked curiously as she joined them at the table.

"She has gone for a run, she tells me it helps clear her head of all her thoughts and gives her a clearer view of whatever problems she may have," Carissa replied.

"Will she be back for breakfast?

"She will only have toast probably, since we usually don't cook big breakfasts. We just have cereal, fruit or toast normally."

"You don't cook?" Molly asked a little shocked.

Carissa snorted "Amy knows maybe four or five simple meals that get us through and keep us healthy but other than that we can't cook anything overly fancy. I get a lot of my meals from work as well and they have some good healthy alternatives. One time Amy set our oven on fire when she was trying to grill a sandwich. She found out that baking paper and grilling don't go well together, at least she was smart enough to stop the fire before it burnt down our whole kitchen. So us not cooking is probably the safest option for everyone."

"Do you own the house together or was it part of one of your family's?" Sirius asked.

"Amy's Aunt Vera left it to her a few years ago and it saved us having to pay rent every week. Vera was Amy's only relative left in England after her Dad passed away, so they were always quite close."

"What happened to the rest of her family?' Molly questioned.

"Amy's mum was American so all her relatives are over there or travelling around the world. Aunt Vera was her dad's only sibling and never had any children. At the end of our fifth year, Amy's family home was raided by Death Eaters and her Dad was killed. Amy's mum was in America visiting her relatives at the time and her brother Chris was away at university. When Amy found out she was devastated of course and wanted to find out who did it, but the Ministry decided there was enough fear over Voldemort anyway and that it would be best if his death was blamed on Muggle causes. Amy was furious because she wanted to see the killers brought to justice but that would never happen. She still doesn't know to this day who it was that killed him," Carissa answered.

"That poor girl, what about her mother? Did she return?" Molly questioned.

"Amy knew it was dangerous over here, so she begged her mother to stay overseas. She asked Chris to transfer over to America as well because she was worried they would track him down and kill him too. It wasn't until after the war that Amy saw Chris and her Mum again, but by then they had both decided to stay overseas. Her mum had too many memories in their family home here and her brother just preferred the American lifestyle to the British one. Amy stayed with my parents until she decided to leave this world and live as a Muggle and I went with her. She could of stayed with her Aunt but she was worried that someone would track her down as well. She figured since her Aunt had a different last name, no one would make the connection as long as Amy never stayed there," Carissa replied.

After Carissa finished answering, the group spent the next hour eating and asking Carissa more questions. It wasn't long after they all had finished eating, that they heard the front door open and a loud crashing noise, which was then followed by a loud screeching noise.

"Filthy Mudbloods, no respect for my ancestors!"

"Dirty Blood traitors!"

"Filthy Scum!"

Sirius got up and ran out "Shut up, you old hag!" he screamed furiously back at the voice.

Carissa and Remus followed him out of the room. Remus went to the door to help Amy pick up the umbrella stand she had knocked over coming back in from her run, while Carissa watched fascinated as Sirius argued with a life size portrait of what looked to be one of his relatives. She hadn't noticed it before, as it had been hidden in a little alcove at the side of the hallway.

"Get out, you don't belong here! "

"Shut up you vile old women!"

"How dare you even talk to me, you were never my son. I should of aborted you when I had the chance!"

"Yeah well I wish you had, at least then I wouldn't have spent my entire life in fucking misery!"

Carissa was a little shocked by Sirius comment, but didn't have a chance to say anything as Amy came up to them "While your mother sounds like a very charming women, please remind me never to have a conversation with her."

"I wish there was a way to shut her up permanently," Sirius said, finally managing to pull some red curtains over the portrait to help muffle the screams.

"I'm going to get ready for work and then I'll be back down. Sorry for waking you mother up though, I didn't mean too," Amy said and started heading up to her room while the others went back to the kitchen.

Amy walked up the stairs feeling glad that she had gone for a run, although a little embarrassed about the commotion she had just caused. The run had helped her gain some sort of idea on how she was going to help Sirius and Harry now. She had even thought some more about telling Ainsley about her job and how she was going to do that. She could predict what his reaction was going to be and knew it probably wouldn't be favourable. The next thought that had popped into her head was, what if Ainsley made her choose between him and the job. Her head said one thing but her heart said another. Her head was screaming walk away now and save any dramas, but her heart knew that she had to help Sirius and Harry and she couldn't just walk away. Also Carissa had found Kingsley again and Amy wouldn't leave her on her own, not with the way things were going. The choice was made, yes she would be devastated if she had to end things with Ainsley and would probably hate herself for it, but the answer was clear. She would choose these guys over Ainsley, not because she wanted to but because it was the right thing to do. They needed her help.

A/N -The song Amy is singing is by Warren Zevon and called Werewolves of London.