I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANYTHING AFFILIATED WITH IT. I ONLY OWN DEVYN AND HER PARENTS.

Chapter 10

By the time that Devyn's stay at the Longbottom's was over, she and Neville had become like best friends. Augusta was shocked but happy when Devyn actually brought Neville out of his shell. He was still shy, but not around Devyn. Not anymore.

As she watched them get closer over the days that Devyn was with them, she started wondering, when they got older, if Neville and Devyn would end up together, romantically. She wasn't ready to think about her grandson dating anyone, but she found that she wouldn't be so worried about him getting hurt by some girl, if the girl he was with was Devyn.

But they were too young for that.

Augusta might have been stern and sometimes expected too much from people, namely, her grandson, but Devyn lived up to every expectation that the older witch had thought up. She was polite, well-behaved, and an absolute joy to have around.

She and Neville got along like they were best friends, and like they always had been. Devyn even liked Trevor, Neville's troublesome toad. Augusta thought it was good for her grandson. Thought she was good for her grandson.

"Moony!"

Remus barely had time to acknowledge his name being called before his side was latched onto by his goddaughter. Remus grunted and stumbled a little. He was still slightly weakened from the full moon, but he wouldn't let that get in the way of hugging his goddaughter.

"Hey, kiddo. I missed you," Remus said, hugging Devyn.

"I missed you, too."

"Were you good for Mrs. Longbottom?"

Devyn nodded and Augusta walked in the room with Neville. "She was a perfect angel. Not that I expected any less of her."

Devyn smiled at Augusta, who returned the expression, albeit in her own stern way. Neville was smiling, but looked a little sad that Devyn was leaving.

"Well, that's good to hear," Remus said. "Thank you so much for watching her Augusta."

"It was my pleasure, Remus. She's welcome here anytime she wants."

"Thanks, Mrs. Longbottom," Devyn said.

Devyn then noticed that Neville was looking a little down. "Hey, Nev, cheer up. It's only five days until September 1st. We'll probably see each other on the Hogwarts Express! And at Hogwarts! Speaking of which, I should probably locate my train ticket...hmm, wonder where that got to."

"But, Dev, what if we're not in the same House? People from different houses rarely hang out with one another! I don't know anyone else!"

"Neville...do you really think I would let something as silly as what House I'm in get in the way of hanging out with you? Huh, do ya?"

Remus smiled at the two children when Neville shuffled his foot and admitted, "...No."

"Alright then. Don't worry."

"Kay," Neville agreed. "See you on Saturday, Devyn."

"See ya."

They were about to leave but then Devyn said, "Oh, Moony, wait!"

Moony nodded and Devyn ran back to hug her new friend. Neville went bright pink when Devyn hugged him, but he returned the embrace anyway. Remus laughed at the two of them and ruffled Devyn's short hair when she got back.

"Moony!" she complained. Her indignation only served to make him laugh even more, something which annoyed Devyn only slightly.

"Alright, kiddo, come on. Let's go home."

Devyn nodded and waved one last time at Neville before Side-Along Disapparating with Remus.

"Gran?" Neville said, after Devyn and Remus left.

"Yes, Neville?"

"I like her. I like her a lot."

"So do I, Neville. She's a nice girl."

Neville nodded and the two of them walked inside. Neville went into his room and Augusta went into the kitchen. Not thirty seconds later, she heard, "No, Trevor! Come back, Trevor!"

Augusta groaned and muttered, "Not again. I need to find a leash for that toad."

Five Days Later - September 1st

"Wake up! Wake up! Moony, WAKE UP!"

Remus' sleep was interrupted when he felt someone shaking him and shouting at him. As he rubbed his eyes, he said, "Devyn, what - what are you doing?" He checked the clock and sighed. "Devyn, it's too early in the morning, go back to bed."

"I can't, Remus! Don't you know what day it is?"

He looked at her groggily and thought as hard as his still half-asleep mind would allow. "...Saturday?"

Devyn looked at him like he sprouted a second head. It was the same look that Michael sometimes gave James or...the traitor when they said something stupid. "It's not just any Saturday, Moony!"

"Well, what Saturday is it, then?"

"Duh - it's September 1st! It's the day I go to Hogwarts! Come on, get up! We need to finish packing!"

That got Remus up immediately. "You haven't finished packing?"

"Well, you put my cauldron and stuff where I can't reach it and I only did Wingardium Leviosa once before!"

"Okay. Okay, I'm up. Let's go."

"Finally!" Devyn said, leading him out of his room by the hand. He shook his head to wake himself up and then got Devyn's cauldron and other items down off the highest shelf he could reach. It wasn't that he didn't trust her, it's just he didn't want anything to happen to it. He shrunk it himself and put it in her trunk before going to take a shower.

"Thanks, Moony!" Devyn called.

"No p-p-problem, sweetie," Remus said through a large yawn. Devyn giggled as Remus went off. She looked around her room, which was now Gryffindor gold and Ravenclaw blue, to represent her parents, as her mother had been in Ravenclaw and her father had been in Gryffindor. There were stars and a crescent moon painted on her ceiling and Remus enchanted it so that the stars would occasionally flicker.

She had originally wanted a full moon painted on her ceiling but Remus refused point-blank. She hadn't meant to upset him with the full moon thing, she had just wanted something to represent Remus. And that was the only thing that she could think of. And she told him as much.

She gave him the puppy eyes for about five seconds before he had relented and said that if she wanted something to represent him, he would get her a wolf stuffie that she could put on her bed.

She had agreed right away and Remus said, "You know, it isn't fair that you used the puppy dog eyes. That's totally cheating."

She had told him, "Eh, maybe, but it worked! So HAH!"

That had been a funny day.

Focusing back on the present and her packing, Devyn started throwing her clothes in randomly, making sure to check and double check that she had all her supplies. By the time that Remus got out, her trunk was in the living room and Devyn was waiting for him to get out.

Remus barely had time to marvel at her speed before Devyn rushed past him to get in the shower.

"How did she -? I was only in there for 15 minutes!" he asked himself. He wondered if her room looked like a tornado went through it. He poked his head in her room but was surprised to see that it was spotless. Her bed was made and everything was picked up off the floor. Remus shrugged; maybe she was just really fast.

20 minutes later, Devyn got out of the shower, smelling like roses, literally and rushed into her room to get dressed. Barely two minutes later, she came out in light blue jeans, a T-shirt and her converse sneakers.

As Devyn was eating her breakfast, Remus said, "Devyn, shouldn't you be wearing your school robes?" Again she looked at him like he had sprouted another head, or an extra limb.

"Moony, we're going to King's Cross Station. Which is in Muggle London. If I go prancing about in my school robes, they will think I'm nuts. And normally I wouldn't care, but I don't want to reveal everything about the Wizarding World to the Muggles before I even get to Hogwarts!"

"Okay, then. Relax. We still have," he checked his watch, "two and half hours before the Hogwarts Express leaves. Do you have your ticket?"

Devyn nodded through a mouthful of cereal. "Yes," she said, once she swallowed.

"Where is it?"

Devyn tapped her pocket. "It's right here."

"Okay."

Remus couldn't believe that Devyn was going to Hogwarts already. It felt like only yesterday that he held her as a newborn baby. And now she was eleven, going on twelve, headed to Hogwarts.

The hardest part of all this was that he wouldn't see her until Christmas, and maybe not even that, if she decided to stay there over the holidays. He just got her back and now he wouldn't see her for 4 months and then after that, he wouldn't see her until June, when the school year ended.

Devyn must have noticed Remus was thinking because she said, "Hey, Moony, what's wrong?"

"Hm? Oh, nothing, Devyn. Nothing's wrong. Just thinking."

"About what?"

"You. And the fact that I won't see you until Christmas, unless you're planning to spend it at Hogwarts. I mean, if you wanted to, I would understand completely. Christmas at Hogwarts is amazing."

"I don't know. We'll just have to see when the time comes, won't we?"

Remus nodded and said, "Yes, we will."

"So what else are you thinking about?"

"What do you mean?"

"Come on, Moony, don't play dumb with me. I know that's not all you're thinking about."

"How do you know that?" Remus asked, raising an eyebrow. Devyn did the same as she ate a spoonful of her cereal.

"It's a girl thing. We know, Moony. We just know," she said, her voice filled with fake mysticism. Remus laughed at her silliness and Devyn said, "No, but seriously, what are you thinking about?"

"Oh, it's nothing, really. Just…this is going to sound so silly."

"No, it won't."

"It's just; I remember holding you less than five minutes after you were born. That's when I was named your godfather. That moment feels like it happened only yesterday. And now, here you are, ten years later, all ready to go to Hogwarts. I know I only adopted you a month ago, but I'm not ready to let you go just yet."

Devyn smiled and said, "See, that's not silly. That's sweet. But, Moony, you aren't letting me go. You're not losing me. I'm just going to school. And I'll see you at Christmas, or if not then, I'll see you in June. And I'll write you. I'm sure the school has owls that I can use."

"They do."

"Alright then. I'll be back before you know it. I'm not even on the train yet!"

Remus nodded and finished eating his own breakfast

10:40 AM, King's Cross Station

Remus and Devyn were walking swiftly, trying to get to the area between Platform 9 and 10.

"Remus Lupin! Is that you?"

They turned around to see a short, plump red-haired woman walking towards them with a bunch of equally as red-haired children behind her. There were four boys and one girl. The girl was easily the youngest; she couldn't be much more than 9 or 10 years old at the most.

"Molly! How good to see you!" Remus said, a friendly smile on his face. Remus looked down at Devyn and said, "Devyn, this is Molly Weasley. Molly, I don't know if you remember my goddaughter, Devyn Murphy."

Mrs. Weasley looked shocked when Remus said her name, but Devyn was kind of getting used to this type of reaction. "But, Remus, I thought that Devyn was, well, no longer with us."

"I did too, up until a month ago," Remus explained. Molly nodded in understanding as Remus said, "Turns out, she was with the Potters that night."

Both Molly and Remus looked sad when he mentioned the Potters.

"You know Harry Potter?" the girl said, almost as shy as Neville. Devyn realized she was speaking to her and said, "Er…well, sort of. We knew each other when we were babies. But I did just meet him again recently."

"Did you, really?" Mrs. Weasley asked. Remus looked confused.

"You never told me you saw Harry," her godfather said.

"I didn't? Oh, well, now you know. Yeah, I saw him at the Zoo."

"Oh."

Molly looked Devyn up and down and said, "I must say, dear, you certainly know how to blend in."

"Blend in..? Oh! You mean with the Muggles. Well, I grew up in a Muggle orphanage, so…"

"Well, that explains it. My husband would have a field day with you. He loves Muggles. By the way, Devyn, these are my children." she replied, cheerily. "This is Percy," the oldest boy with a badge pinned to his robes smiled curtly at her. "He's in his fifth year, Gryffindor, of course. He's just been made a prefect."

Remus smiled and said, "Congratulations, Percy. I was prefect for Gryffindor in my year, too."

Percy smiled at having something in common with the older man and Molly said, "These are my twins, Fred and George. They're in their third year, also Gryffindor."

Seems like a whole family of Gryffindors, Devyn thought.

"Hi, Devyn," the identical boys said in unison.

"This is Ron. He's going into his first year, like you, dear."

Ron smiled at her, glad to see another first year like himself. "Hi," he said.

"Hi," Devyn replied.

"And this is Ginny, my youngest. She'll be going to Hogwarts next year."

Ginny smiled at Devyn, who grinned right back. "It's really nice to meet all of you."

"So, Devyn what house," Fred began.

"Do you hope to be in?" George finished.

"Gryffindor…or Ravenclaw. But Gryffindor is what I'm hoping for."

"Excellent," they both said. Molly then turned to Remus and said, "You know, it's the same every year, packed with Muggles. Come on, Platform 9 ¾ this way!"

Remus and Devyn shrugged and followed the Weasley family. When they stopped, Mrs. Weasley said, "All right, Percy, you first."

Percy nodded and ran forward, straight at the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. If Devyn blinked, she'd have missed it; Percy disappeared right before he came in contact with the barrier, as though there was some unseen door right in front of the stone column…which there probably was. Had Remus not explained this to Devyn, she would have been very confused.

"Fred, you next," Mrs. Weasley said. Fred and George must have decided to play a trick on their mother because George said, "He's not Fred; I am!"

"Honestly, woman, and you call yourself our mother," Fred said.

"Sorry, George," Mrs. Weasley said, falling for it. She waved the boy forward and before he and his twin ran forward, Fred said, "I'm only joking, I am Fred."

"Excuse me!"

Devyn turned around and was pleased to see none other than Harry Potter walking towards them. He looked nervous and confused. He smiled when he saw her and said, "Hi, Devyn, it's good to see you again."

Remus was stunned. This could be no one else but Harry Potter. The similarity between him and James was striking. Except for the eyes; he had Lily's eyes.

"Good to see you, too, Harry."

Harry looked at Remus and said to Devyn, "I thought you said that you lived in an orphanage?"

"I did. This is my godfather, Remus Lupin. He adopted me at the end of July."

"You adopted her?" Mrs. Weasley said, smiling.

Remus nodded and Mrs. Weasley said, "Oh, that's wonderful!"

"Oh, I see," Harry said. "It's, er, nice to meet you, Mr. Lupin."

Harry and Remus shook hands and Remus said, "I haven't seen you since you were a baby. I was a friend of your father's, Harry. It's very good to see you again."

Devyn looked between her godfather and Harry, smiling like a goober.

"Oh," Harry's expression brightened considerably. He then turned to Mrs. Weasley and said, "Could you tell me how to…?"

"How to get onto the platform?" Mrs. Weasley finished for him. Harry nodded and said, "Yes, not to worry, dear, it's Ron's first time to Hogwarts as well."

"Devyn's too," Remus added, looking proud. Harry and Ron smiled at each other.

"Now," Mrs. Weasley said. "All you've got to do, is walk straight at the wall between Platforms 9 and 10. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."

"Good luck," Ginny said.

Harry took a deep breath and Devyn patted him on the shoulder. He started pushing his cart and running. Soon, he disappeared into the barrier, too, and it was only Ron and Devyn left.

"You can go, if you want," Ron said to Devyn. She smiled and said, "Oh, really? Thanks."

Mrs. Weasley beamed at her son and then at Devyn. Devyn turned to Remus and said, "I'll miss you, Moony."

Remus hugged Devyn tightly and said, "I'll miss you, too. Now, promise me that you'll behave. Don't get into any duels, or anything. And please, mind your professors."

"I will, Moony, I promise."

"Okay. Write me after you get your bearings at Hogwarts. I want to hear all about your first week, even if it's a letter as tall as you are."

Devyn laughed and said, "Okay."

"Alright. One more thing before you go off."

"Yes?"

"Remember, I love you."

"I love you, too, Moony."

Devyn hugged her godfather one last time before grabbing her cart and running at the wall. She closed her eyes before she got to the barrier and when she opened them, she saw an enormous scarlet train before her, bearing the title, The Hogwarts Express.

"This is incredible," Devyn said.

"Isn't it?" Harry showed up next to her, scaring her silly.

"Harry, what are you, like a ninja, or something?"

"I dunno, maybe. Wanna go find a seat?"

"Sure," Devyn said. The two of them walked towards the train, ready to go. They passed Neville and Mrs. Longbottom. Devyn said, "Hey, Neville. See you on the train?"

"Hi, Devyn! I'll try. Those compartments fill up fast," Neville said, hugging Devyn. Harry raised an eyebrow at them and Devyn said, "Oh, Harry, this is a friend of mine, Neville Longbottom. Neville, this is –"
"You're Harry Potter," Neville said in awe. He was looking at Harry's scar for some reason and Harry quickly flattened his bangs to cover it. Looks like he isn't too fond of it, Devyn thought.

"Er, yeah, that's me. Nice to meet you," Harry said.

"Wow," Neville said. "Devyn, you didn't tell me you were friends with Harry Potter!"

"Well, we don't know each other that well. Although, apparently, her godfather was a friend of my Dad's."

"Oh, yes, Remus was a good friend of James'," Mrs. Longbottom said.

"Anyway, we should probably get on the train," Devyn said.

"Right, see you," Neville said.

Devyn and Harry continued on their way and after they gave their tickets to the ticket master, and put their luggage on the train, they climbed aboard and found an empty compartment.

It's almost time, Devyn thought, looking at her watch. It read 10:55.

On the other side of the barrier, Remus was still staring at the place where Devyn disappeared. Molly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Remus. She'll be fine. I was so worried when Bill went off for the first time."

Molly took Ginny's hand and patted Remus' shoulder one last time before going on her way. Remus sighed and thought, Well, that's that. No sense in standing around. I hope she'll be okay. Hogwarts is so big and she could get lost. Then again, she's got Harry and Neville and the Weasleys. And Minerva will look out for her. She'll be fine. She'll be just fine.

And with that, Remus walked away, missing Devyn already. He checked his watch. It read 11:00. The train was leaving.