The next day time seemed to go flying by and before I knew it, it was already lunch time. I still had to tell Regulus to come meet us to see Dumbledore. I looked over at Reggie trying to get his attention. He looked up as he was talking to his friends when he saw me looking. I waved my wand at the table thinking of Regulus as I did so and the table directly in front of me glowed. He looked down, a look of surprise on his face before masking it. I looked at the table in front of me as I thought is it working? I looked over at him as he looked down before nodding to say it did. Look at the table and think what you want to say and I will see it. I thought again. I looked up at him as he read it. Yes it's working. I saw the words appear on the table in front of me. I looked down at the table. We have a meeting today with Dumbledore. He wants all involved to be there. I looked over at him as he read it. What about? What time? I saw appear on the desk. 1 o'clock. I thought as I saw him look down at the desk. Alright, I'll be there. I saw appear on the table. I waved my wand again above the table to cancel the connection. I finished my lunch quickly and looked over at him nodding to tell him it's time.
"Are you guys ready?" I asked as I looked at the Marauders.
"We're ready, when are we going?" James asked.
"Now, so let's go?" I said as I got up and started walking out of the hall, looking over my shoulder to make sure they were following. I stopped outside.
"What are we waiting for?" Sirius asked.
"Our brother." I said just as he stepped through the doors. "Let's go." I said leading the way. I walked ahead of them before Regulus caught up to me.
"What's the meeting about?" He asked.
"About what we did the other day." I said vaguely in case people overheard.
He nodded in response as we walked in silence the rest of the way till we stood outside the gargoyle. "Ice Mice." I said activating the stair case. We climbed the stairs and knocked on the door and upon hearing him call out to enter we walked in. There were six chairs in front of his desk and we all sat down
"Miss Black, what was it you needed to discuss."
"We found one of the Horcuxes sir."
Dumbledore leaned forward in his chair. "Now that is good news. Where was it?"
"In the room of requirements, Regulus found it and I destroyed it."
Dumbledore looked at Regulus looking intrigued. "I'm pleased to see you working well with your family Mr Black; I suspect it won't be easy. What made you want to help?"
"I got my sister back sir, I'm not going to let her go through this alone."
"She has me too." Sirius said, looking defiant. "I love that I have my twin sister back and if she does this, so do I."
"She has us too." James spoke up. "She's our friend; we won't let her do it without us." Remus and Peter nodded in agreement, looking very firm in their movements.
Dumbledore looked at the group of friends in surprise. "I never thought I would see the day that my students would be so defiant that they would be willing to do all this, risking their lives." He turned to look at me. "Have you figured out where to go for the locket?"
"No sir." I said as Dumbledore looked slightly crestfallen. "I so know how to get to it though."
"How do you plan on doing that?" He asked curiously.
"Through an old friend." I said smiling fondly at the thought of Kreature. "I'll explain in due time. Have you got people together for the order yet?"
"Yes a few people. The Prewett twins, Auror Moody, Auror Kingsley along with a few others. Is there anyone you suggest would be suitable to join?"
"Yes sir, one of the teachers in particular. Professor McGonagall."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, she becomes a huge asset to the war in the future."
"Anybody else?"
"Yes sir. I will be joining to help with the fight. The information I have is invaluable and you wouldn't be able to get it anywhere else."
"I want to join to." Sirius called out. Murmurs of agreement from Remus, James and Peter.
"No you can't do it."
"We can and we will. We told you already, you're not doing this alone, that hasn't changed."
"I want to help as well." Regulus said quietly.
"Are you sure Mr Black?" Dumbledore asked quietly.
"Yes sir. I may be a follower of the Dark Lord but I don't want to do it, I never wanted to. I know occlumency, good enough that He won't be able to break through."
"Alright, if you're sure Mr Black."
"Yes I'm sure sir."
"Alright, I will sort this out for all of you and arrange a meeting for tonight. I will also ask Minerva to come up as well."
"Thank you Sir." I said before standing up.
"One more thing Miss Black." He called out. I looked at him expectantly. "Never let your pride get in the way. I know this is hard but if you need help with this task I will do what I can for you."
"That is what you will be doing Sir, along with the order." I said as I walked out the door.
I walked all the way to the transfiguration courtyard and sat down in the middle. I sat there for a few minutes before I heard someone stand beside me and sit down. "Do you want to talk?" Remus asked kindly, looking concerned.
"It's just hard." I said quietly. He nodded in acceptance before standing up and reaching his hand down. "Come on, we'll go somewhere a little quieter."
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"We'll go into the shrieking shack; no one will suspect us of going there."
I nodded and we walked in silence to the tree and I pulled out my wand and cast a silent immobulous charm at it. We jumped down the hall and walked down the tunnel and into the shack.
"I don't know where to start." I said quietly.
"How about from the beginning?" He asked quietly.
I nodded as I sniffled quietly. "Well as you know I met Harry and Ron at Hogwarts. At first they hated me because I was such a know-it-all. Later on in the year they upset me and I ran off and cried in the girls' bathroom where a troll ended up coming in. They ran in and saved me, took on a fully grown mountain troll. We had been inseparable since. Ron and I helped Harry to get through this challenge guarded by a three headed dog to get to the philosophers stone. Of course you know what happened with Harry there. Second year I was petrified but I still managed to get them the answer of how the basilisk was getting around and they managed to destroy it. Third year we freed Sirius and saved a hippogriff named Buckbeak who became one of Sirius' best companions. Forth year I helped Harry get through the triwizard tournament which was highly dangerous but manageable. Fifth year we had to get rid of this nasty ministry worker called Umbridge. She was horrible. Sixth year is when Dumbledore died, I never believed Harry when he said Malfoy junior was a death eater. Seventh year we went on the run and destroyed the last of the Horcruxes. Then it's where it gets tricky. The final battle, we were all fighting so brilliantly we thought we were going to win, but they were picking us off one by one. Most of the Weasley clan were the first to go. Then they caught you and I ran to help you. They tortured you right in front of me, held the cruciatus on you for what felt like hours at a time. They used cutting curses, kicking you in the sides while they were calling you a beast, saying you didn't deserve any better. I was screaming at them to let you go, in the end you were lying in a puddle of your own blood, you were barely conscience and I couldn't get to you. They cast the cruciatus on you again. All you could do was groan, then you stopped and lay limp on the ground. The pain from that last cruciatus was what killed you. You were just trying to save me. They came after me. I wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for Harry and Ron. They ran up to save me. Harry and I got away but Ron got hit by the killing curse. Mrs Weasley got distracted when she saw her son go down and that's when they got her too. The only one left was Ginny. Harry went to get Voldemort but he had Ginny hostage, at that time, there was only Ginny, Harry and I left standing. They had killed the rest, all of them. Voldemort shot the cruciatus at Ginny, she collapsed screaming. Harry went to attack but a death eater shot a spell towards him and he went flying. That's when Voldemort killed Ginny. Harry fought Voldemort but in the end it wasn't enough, he was too weak. He collapsed on the ground dead. I went over to him and the death eaters tried to catch me but I apparated away just before they could get to me and went to Grimmauld Place. I wanted to save them so badly, save you, but I couldn't." I finished as I started sobbing loudly into his shoulder.
"All that happened?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around me. I nodded silently. "How do you cope with all this on your own?" He asked quietly.
"I pull through, I bury those feelings otherwise I would be useless."
"Do you miss them?" He asked quietly.
"Everyday but sometime when they're gone, they're gone forever, those people I knew then will be gone for good, but I can make a better future for the people here and maybe things won't be so bad."
I sat there holding Remus for a while before he nudged my side. "We need to get going, everybody will be worried and we need to get to the meeting."
I nodded and took out my wand and cast the Patronus, calling forward four wolves. "Sirius, James, Peter, Regulus. I am fine I will see you at the meeting shortly." I said to the patronus' and they bounded off in search of their respective destination. "Let's go."
"Are you sure you will be ok?" He asked quietly.
"I'll be fine." I said giving a small smile as we walked out of the tunnel back onto school grounds. We started walking slowly. He pulled me aside just before we walked inside the castle.
"If you ever want to talk, I'm here."
"I know Remus. Thank you." I said quietly with a small smile.
"With everything you've done here, how strong you are, I can see why my older self liked you so much."
"He didn't just like me Remus, he loved me. We were going to marry after the battle was finished." I started sniffling again and he pulled me into his arms.
"It's ok, I'm here. I may not be your Remus from your time, but I'm still Remus and I'm not dead and I'm not going anywhere."
"Thank you Remus." I said as I looked up into his eyes. Looking into his eyes I could see such kindness, caring showing through his eyes. I could see something else too but I wasn't sure what it could be. I couldn't help myself I leaned forward slightly and pressed my lips to his. After a few seconds he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me tighter. I couldn't think as he kissed me back. I moved my hand into his hair and pulled his face closer to me.
"Mmm Hmm." I heard from behind us and we pulled apart as I looked over Remus' shoulder. Sirius and James were standing there looking very amused at what they were seeing. "Don't you have somewhere to be?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, like getting a room?" James asked as he laughed.
Remus and I blushed bright crimson as we looked at the ground.
"Come on." I said, sounding embarrassed. "Let's go see Dumbledore." I grabbed onto Remus' hand and pulled him along to get him moving as I heard Sirius and James laughing as they followed us. I let go of Remus' hand after I made sure he would keep coming and he stuck his hands in the pockets of his robes.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly.
"Don't be." I said blushing as we reached the gargoyle, said the password and walked up the stairs. Dumbledore's office was already packed full of people, couches and chairs conjured all throughout the room.
"Right, I believe that's everyone." Dumbledore said as we walked in.
I looked around the room and noticed Regulus wasn't there yet. "Not quite yet Sir, we are still waiting for one person." I said just as I heard the steps moving and Regulus stepped in. He walked straight over to me and stood beside me as he smiled down at me. I grabbed him and pulled him in for a hug. "Thank you Reggie." I whispered in his ear.
"Your welcome. As what was clarified earlier we won't let you do this alone." He said smiling as he swept a bit of hair behind my ear and kissed me on the cheek.
"Thank you little brother." I said smiling.
"Right is that everybody then?" Dumbledore asked. I nodded in his direction. "Right we can start then. Before we get into the more pressing matters we have a few new recruits to add to the order before we start." As he said this James, Sirius and Peter came and stood by us.
"Them? You've got to be joking Dumbledore, they're just kids, what do they know about this war, what can they even do, what have they been through to know how dangerous this is?" said a red-headed male standing near Dumbledore's bookcase.
"That's enough Gideon." Dumbledore said. He turned to us. "This young man here is Gideon Prewett."
I stepped forward right up to Gideon after Dumbledore introduced him. "You want to know what we know about this war Prewett?" I snarled at him. "I have already been through one war where I lost everything. I lost everyone important, my family, my friends, and my fiancé. I will not let this happen again. I can do more in this war than what you could do in the next few years alone."
Gideon laughed at me. "Really?" He said. "And what can you do that I can't do?" He asked condescendingly.
"I can give you the information to destroy Voldemort. Can you do that?" I asked quietly. The whole room went silent at my words looking at me in shock.
Gideon looked over at Dumbledore in shock. "What she is saying is true. Would you like to tell him a bit about yourself or should I?"
"Please, do the honours Dumbledore." I said as I waved my hand in his direction.
"I assume you all know Walburga Black." He started, when they nodded he continued. "When she gave birth to Sirius Black she gave birth to another as well. Sirius Orion Black has a twin sister by the name of Rasalas Cassiopeia Black. This is who you see standing before you." He said as he looked at me.
"Impossible. She died at birth." Said another red head by Gideon.
"No she didn't Fabian and this is how it happened. Walburga thought she was a squib so she sent her away, not how you normally would by sending them to an orphanage but she sent her to the future in the hopes that she would never see any of them again. However when the last of her family died she got sent back to this time. The time she belongs."
"When did you get sent to?" Asked a dark haired man standing near the back.
"1979. That was the year I was believed to have been born."
"It lasted that long?" The dark haired man asked again.
"No. In the time I was in he was defeated in 1981 but he was brought back to life and he gathered his followers and fought again. The final battle was fought in 1998."
"What happened there?"
"We lost everyone, after the savoir of our world got killed by Voldemort I was the only one left standing, everybody else got killed. I ran and tried to find a way to change what happened. I wanted to go back a few hours. I went well over as you can tell."
"Who-"
"That's enough questions Albert." Dumbledore spoke up. "Enough questions, we need to get on with the initiation if we want to move forward."
"One more thing to say first Dumbledore." I spoke up once again. "That future will not be happening. I came back to change to, to fix everything and that is what I intend to do."
"Can you and your friends please come here Miss Black along with Minerva?"
We all walked up the front in silence. I stood right beside Dumbledore as he pulled out my wand. On instinct I pulled my own out and aimed it straight at Dumbledore. He chuckled as he held his hands up. "It's ok Miss Black; you can put your wand down."
"Sorry Sir, a bit of a habit if people pull their wands out around me."
"I completely understand. Now let's get on with the initiation shall we?" When we nodded he waved his wand above my head. "Do you Miss Black agree to fight with the order to help bring down the threat against all odds?"
"Yes Sir." He waved his wand and a light shone over me and he moved onto the next person. When he finally got to the last person and finished the initiations he turned to look at the group of people at large.
"Well Miss Black, would you like to share the news that you have for everyone."
"Yes Sir." I said to him before glancing at the group as a whole. "Do any of you know what a horcrux is?"
"I do, it's one of the most evil forms of magic anybody could ever use. Are you telling me he made a horcrux?" Someone said from the crowd. I looked over at them; they were a very young Kingsley.
"You would be correct Kingsley, but change one horcrux to five and you have it perfect."
"Five!" The shouts of disbelief rang around the room.
"Only four now though. We found one the other day and destroyed it."
"Do you know where the other ones are?"
"All but one."
"How will we find that one then?" Someone from the crowd asked.
"I know someone who can tell me, I need to talk to my source first though."
"How are we going to do this?" One of the others asked.
I grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill out of my bag and wrote down the horcruxs and where they are. "Here is what they are; you need to sort out who will go for which one and when you have it bring it back here. What ever you go for, if it's wearable don't wear it." I said as I turned to Dumbledore. "I hope you don't mind I think we will go, tired. Let me know when everyone has sorted out who will get what and we can arrange it from there."
"Ok Miss Black off you go." We walked out of Dumbledore's office and walked to the staircase.
"I'll see you tomorrow Ras." Reggie said to me as he hugged me. "Where you ok today?"
"I'm fine, thanks Reggie." He smiled at me kindly.
"Come to me if you need it ok?" He asked.
"I will, good night Reggie."
We walked the rest of the way to the common room. "Do you want to stay with us?" Remus asked quietly.
"Thanks Remus, I think I will, I don't want to be alone tonight." I walked with them to their dormitory. Remus changed and got straight into bed. I hoped on the other side of him and just felt his arms go around me as I drifted off to sleep.
AN: Finally got another chapter out, sorry for making you wait. My friend had her funeral five days ago and I only just felt up to writing another chapter. I hope you enjoy :)