"Sarah?" Stella suggested but it was quickly vetoed.
"Maybe a nickname?" Lily suggested.
"My dad used to call me 'bean' when I was younger." Penny said quietly.
Lily looked at her friend, shocked that she would offer up such a private name, but offered a smile. "That's cute. Bean it is."
"Can you guys grab some food for Bean and I after breakfast. I'll stay up here with her."
The girls left and Penny was left alone with the baby. She picked up the baby and began bouncing her, hoping for Bean to fall asleep. After a while, the girl nodded off and Penny laid down on the bed with Bean laying on her chest. It was odd, Penny was never a kid-person, innately scarred by watching her father's death, she didn't think she'd want kids. But she couldn't help but imagine her future, cooking one of Piper's recipes as she had kids running through the Manor. And in that moment she could see how her Aunt Phoebe became so obsessed with her vision of her daughter.
Lily left breakfast early to bring some fruit for Bean to her dorm room, leaving Stella and Alice behind.
"What a picture." She noted seeing Bean asleep on Penny's chest.
Penny rolled her eyes, but eyed the looted breakfast Lily left on the bedside table.
"Our new Defense Teacher is coming today."
"And I'm missing it." Penny smiled. "What a shame."
Lily shook her head. "You could take school more seriously."
"There's no fun in that."
Lily chose to ignore her friend's attitude and continued to class. The Marauders noticed something was up when the girls would whisper and one would disappear for a short while. Sirius grew concerned that he hadn't seen Penny since she had left the classroom.
"Hey Lil" Sirius called Lily's attention attention at dinner. "Where's Pen?"
Lily narrowed her eyes. "And why do you care?"
Sirius shrugged, not wanting to reveal his and Penny's intimacy without talking to her first.
Lily glanced at Stella and Alice who both were trying to come up with a suitable excuse for her missing class. "She's sick."
Stella nodded, quick to validate Lily's story. "She's throwing up everywhere. Quite gross, really."
"You should bring her some bread to settle her stomach." Sirius grew concerned and the girls couldn't help but feel guilty for lying.
In the girl's dormitory, Penny was playing with the baby, trying to keep her occupied. She never realized how hard it could be to care for a baby. She had to give her Grams credit for doing it, not just with her kids, but with Penny too. She had taken to holding Bean and orbing from one side of the room to the other because it was the only thing at the moment that could keep the baby occupied and happy. She was surprised, however, when she ended up outside a house far away from Hogwarts. She looked down at the baby.
"Well it looks like somebody has some secrets." She couldn't believe Bean had just orbed her. The reason for her kidnapping had started to piece together. She hoped that Bean orbed them to her home, but there was only one way to find out. She approached the door and knocked. She waited a minute and saw a boy, around nine open the door.
He took one look at the baby and relief flooded his face. "Prue! Thank god! Dad!"
The name sent chills down Penny's spine. It had to be a coincidence, but when she saw Prue's apparent dad approach the door, her heart stopped. Penny's hold on the baby tightened, but she remained frozen.
"Oh thank god!" The man said and rushed to take Prue from Penny. Penny let the man take her, too shocked. "Please, come in." She was ushered into the sitting room, and she was struck at how normal everything was. The man turned to his son and asked for him to cal the police, letting them know that Prue was found and then to call his mother.
"Where did you find her? We've been searching ever-"
"In the Underworld." She snapped. She couldn't believe the man in front of her had the audacity to pretend like nothing supernatural was going on.
His face drained of color. "What?"
"You know. Grams and my dad searched for you after you left."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Bullshit, Uncle Wyatt. It's funny that after years of searching, this is how you're found."
"Who are you?"
"I'm your niece."