Relief spread through Lily when the vote went inn her favor. She didn't have to go back. Draco was grinning at her; she smiled back then turned to Harry.

The girl who had spoken in her favor was coming over too, "Granger," Draco said mildly.

"Malfoy," her voice had a cool edge.

"Lily this is Hermione Granger," Harry said frowning slightly.

"Hi," Lily said extending her hand, Hermione shook it smiling. Breaking the handshake Lily looked over at Harry, "Back upstairs for us?' She asked mildly.

Harry smiled and shrugged, "Why don't you stay?"

"Yes, you need to eat you're much too thin," a woman said bustling over, Lily looked her up and down and assessed that this must be another Weasley.

"Oh," Lily said blankly.

"Sit, sit," The Weasley gestured to the table.

Harry smiled, "Thanks Mrs. Weasley. Harry sat again, Lily and Draco sat across from him, and Hermione sat on Harry's left. "Let's introduce people," he mumbled, he looked back at Lily, "Everyone knows your name but I don't think you know anyone."

Lily smiled, "that be nice."

"I'm Ron," The Weasley from London said sitting on Hermione's free side, "And that's my sister, Ginny," he said pointing to the girl that had taken the seat on Harry's right.

Lily nodded to each of them, "Tonks," a voice said behind Lily. She turned to see on e of the members she knew to be an Auror.

Harry watched Lily shake hands with most everyone in the room; she seemed to be getting along with everyone. The only person who seemed upset by Lily and Draco's' continuing presence was Lupin.

Harry got up; his seat was taken by George at one, wanting to talk to Lily sitting. The only one who seemed to notice his leaving, besides George, was Lily, who watched him walk over to where Lupin sat, but then she was reengaged in the conversation.

"This is a mistake," Lupin said watching the preceding down the table.

Harry glanced again at Lily, "Look, we can't keep them as prisoners," Lupin looked back at him.

"Sure we can," he grumbled grudgingly.

Harry shook his head, "She's different something's changed her. What do you have against her anyway?"

Lupin didn't respond right away, "She just," he paused, "I don't know really, she just, well, I haven't forgotten what she said."

Harry glanced back at Lily, "When she first got here?"

Lupin nodded.

"I think you should let that go. She was freshly caught, I know I wouldn't be particularly nice if I'd just been captured by Voldemort and the Death Eaters," Harry said mildly.

Lupin didn't say anything for a bit, as he opened his mouth to say something another voice entered the conversation, "I wanted to apologize," Harry and Lupin looked around and watched Lily sit down next to Lupin, "I shouldn't have said what I did and keep bringing it up all the time. What ever you may thing of me you should know-"

"Lily," someone called down the table, "don't waste your time on him, he doesn't like you!"

A smile crept onto Lily's face, "I should probably go back. I just hope you forgive me Remus, there's no real excuse so I hope you take my apology with out one." Lily got up and went back down the table leaving silence in her wake.

"Well," Harry began.

"Don't Harry," Lupin said his eyes on Lily, "the apology was meant to stand on its own.

Harry nodded, "I wasn't going to say anymore, I was going to say that there was nothing else to say and I'll leave you to your thoughts," he said getting up, "I hope you don't hold that against her forever, Dumbledore wouldn't have wanted that," And Harry left Lupin and was received better at the other end of the table.

Nonthal paced up and down, passing in and out of his view of the opposite wall.

"Will you stop pacing?" Nonthal looked around at him.

Is it bothering you?"

"Yes."

"And why should I care?" Nonthal snapped before resuming his pacing.

"It's not going to bring her back sooner," he sneered.

Nonthal spun on the spot glaring at him, but before her could say or do anything the owl flew through the window distracting Nonthal.

He stepped forward slightly more out of the shadows, hoping access back, a change to change what had happened, but the owl carried nothing but the scroll Nonthal had sent.

Nonthal swore and stormed down the hallway leaving him alone cursing in his head.