They awoke to Little knocking at the bedroom door. "Mistress Winnie there are some people at the door that want to talk to you. Little told them that you and your friend are very tired since you were up so late yelling and do want to be bothered. They made Little come up here and get you," said the House Elf.

Winnie put on a robe and opened the door, "Little we are going to talk about what you tell people. Who is at the door?" asked Winnie yawing.

"The Potters, Mistress," answered Little.

"Show them in to the parlor and offer them something to drink or eat. We will be down in a minute," ordered Winnie. She went back in the room and tried to wake up Sirius who responded by grabbing her and mumbling something about two many clothes.

"Sirius get up the Potter's are here," said Winnie trying to free herself from his grasp. "Sirius let go," as he did she got up and found some jeans and shirt that she hoped were hers. She left the room with one more plea for him to get up.

Having to face them alone she headed downstairs. James was the first person she came across. She wanted to reach up and slap that smile right off his face, "if you are done being amused can you please go convince your friend that he needs to get his arse down here?."

A quick glance in the mirror reveled exactly what James was smirking at. She quickly tried to fix herself before going in to face the Potter's. "Good morning all. Please have some tea and biscuits," said Winnie trying to play the gracious hostess.

"I think you mean Good Afternoon," said Mr. Potter.

"Oh my do look at the time. I have been a lazy bug all morning long. You know…,"

Winnie was cut off by Mr. Potter. "Where is Sirius?"

"Well he is…?"

"Here I am!" said Sirius bounding in to the room with Winnie's blouse on. Seeing every ones faces he responded, "Sorry couldn't find mine." "Oh here it is as he sat and put his arm around Winnie. "And how is everyone this morn…afternoon?" he asked with one of his charming smiles on his face. "Winnie did you offer our guests tea? Ah yes here we go," he poured himself a cup and sat back on the sofa to drink it.

"Ah so when we were worrying about whether your alive or dead, you were playing 'Lord of the Manor' with your girlfriend," said Mr. Potter. Winnie tried to look anywhere but at the Potters. Sirius quickly sat up and put his tea down, "I am sorry I forgot to let you know where I was going, but it's alright now I'm found."

"If you want to treated as an adult you need to act like one. You and James want to join the order but you can not be bothered to let us know you will be out. Yes, you are of age but you still live under my roof. Sirius we see you as another son and care for you the same as we care for James. We had hoped that you would show the same care and respect for us," said Mr. Potter staring at a now embarrassed Sirius.

Winnie had never seen Sirius like this, "Yes, sir I do care for you. You took me in when I had nowhere else to go and have cared for me better than anyone could ask for. I am truly sorry for the worry I caused."

"I asked him to stay I am sorry," said Winnie in his defense.

"What are you doing here alone? I thought you weren't moving in permanently until you finished school?" asked Mrs. Potter.

"There was a disagreement with Aunt P," replied Winnie still not wanting to make eye contact with them. She was afraid she would break down in tears if she did.

"Was it about last night?" asked Mrs. Potter. Winnie looked at the kind wizened witch and broke down crying. Through the sniffles and with Sirius interpreting she told them about the fight, being alone and once again apologized about keeping Sirius there.

"Well of course Sirius couldn't leave you alone dear. It's ok calm down now," said Mrs. Potter putting her arm around Winnie. "We do not blame you Sirius makes his own decisions and knows better."

"Thank you," said Winnie calming down. As they looked up they found that the boys and Mr. Potter had disappeared.

The next few weeks Winnie and Mrs. Potter spent a lot of time together. Winnie was surprised that she was not pushing Winnie to talk to Persephone. She had a feeling the Mrs. Potter had always wanted a daughter and very happy to be able to spend time with someone who was not male. She did spend a lot of her time asking about Lily and trying to find out how serious she was about James. The days were spent restoring the estate and the nights she usually had dinner at the Potter's. Winnie did try to talk to Persephone. She apperated to the cottage to find it boarded up and her Aunt nowhere to be found. No one seemed to know where she had gone too.

That was until a trip to Diagon Alley with the Potters, Sirius and Lily. They had gone to buy things for school and the Manor. Stopping at the Leaky Cauldron first for a drink they unfortunately came across Sirius's family. Sirius was making them all laugh with a funny story when he stopped suddenly and his face turned pale.

"What is it?" Winnie asked as she turned towards what he was starring at with dread. He stood up as his family walked towards the table. Mrs. Black had her mouth pursed so tight you would think she was in pain.

"Afternoon," she said very curtly.

"Good afternoon Mother," said Sirius very painfully. "Mother this is Mr. and Mrs. Potter their son James whom I have been living with," Sirius introducing our party. His mother made only the slightest of head nods towards them. He continued "This is Miss Lily Evens and Miss Godwina Mason," and then put his arm around Winnie.

"Ah Miss Mason we knew your Uncle Geoffrey Hartford and Evens I am not familiar with this name," replied Mrs. Black in a pompous tone.

Before Sirius could answer Regulus shouted out, "She's a filthy mud-blood mother!" Mrs. Black took a step back as if Lily was infected with a disease.

"What kind of place is this letting mud-bloods in. Come Regulus away from that girl and these blood traitors," she said as they turned to leave. Mr. Potter had to stop James from pulling out his wand and cursing Regulas.

"I can see why you left Sirius," said Mrs. Potter loud enough for Mrs. Black to hear.

They left the Leaky Cauldron to start their shopping. While they were in Flourish & Blotts buying their text books for the next year, the Blacks came in. Both parties tried to keep as much space between them as possible and attempted to not make eye contact. That was working until Lily needed a book from the case that Regulus was standing near. When Lily went to get the book Regulus pushed past her knocking her in to a shelf and causing an avalanche of books. Lily was able to get out of the way before the books fell.

"What is your problem besides being a giant twit?" James shouted at Regulus. Winnie and Lily tried to calm him down but both James and Sirius had there wands pointed at Regulus. Mr. Potter has to get in-between the boys and Regulus. Regulus and his Mother left the store with a final comment to the man behind the counter, "see what happens when you let mud-bloods in."

Mr. Potter released the boys then had to threaten them again to keep them from rushing out to start a fight. "You two better help clean up this mess," he suggested.

"Father he almost killed Lily he needs to pay," shouted James.

"If you go out the only thing that is going to happen is you and Sirius getting locked up in Askaban!" responded Mr. Potter.

"Sirius you know what your Mother does to people who make her upset, warned Mr. Potter. Everyone started picking up the books and getting them back on the shelves. When Winnie looked down at the books at her feet she saw a familiar face. It was Persephone but younger. She did not have to time to look at it there, so she purchased it with her other books. They planned to more shopping but decided it would be better to come back another day.

Once she got home she was able to look at the book. It was about the capture of Gellert Griedelwald. Before Lord Voldemort there was another dark Wizard that sought power. Winnie had only heard stories about that time. She knew that Dumbledore with the help of a select group of witches and wizards had captured him in 1945. He thought the Wizards should rule the muggles for "The Greater Good." No one really talked about what happened, just that Dumbledore captured him and he was imprisoned. The book talked about his rise to power in the early 1900's. Dumbledore formed an elite team to track down and stop Griedelwald. The team consisted of Dumbledore, Persephone, Delandra (Dee for short) Lamont, Gallifrey Lovegood, Augusta Bucket (now Longbottom), and Vlad Stronkoff. The hunt ended in a spectacular dual between Griedelwald and Dumbledore. The book basically reiterated the known facts and had lots of pictures of the group and Griendelwald imprisoned. As Winnie sat there staring at the picture of a smiling, younger Persephone waving and poising with Dee, she realized where she had gone.

"Are you sure?" asked Sirius watching Winnie pack.

"Yes I am. Dee was the love of her life she wants to be near her," said Winnie throwing things in to her trunk.

"We have to be at Hogwarts in two days," reminded Sirius.

Sticking her head out from around the cabinet door she replied, "When have you ever been concerned with getting to school on time?"

"I miss class but I never miss the train," he replied trying to look insulted.

"Yes and never the Start of Term feast," Winnie joking. "That's why you, Lily, and James are taking my stuff and catching the train. I will be there in time for the start of term feast," explained Winnie.

"If you are apperating off to who knows where I am going with you," he said trying to look intimidating.

"I am only going to Stonehenge. She is around there I know it. I will see you in two days," she said trying to assure Sirius.